The story of America's past has been hijacked by liberal historians who describe a country built on racism, sexism, and greed. For the past forty years, these so-called "intellectuals" have defended their position by claiming to speak for the disenfranchised masses while undermining the truly great achievements of America's patriots, founders, and heroes.
As a result, students of American history learn more about slavery than about the Constitution; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. Too many are left with a picture that completely diminishes our nation's true greatness and honor.
A Patriot's History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases and reexamines America's discovery, founding, and development with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This honest review of American history explains, for example:
• That the same founders who owned slaves instituted numerous ways to ensure slavery could not survive.
• That while many historians have misinterpreted "separation of church and state" to mean freedom from worship, our founders clearly understood it meant freedom to worship.
• That time and time again, America's leaders have willingly shared power with those who had none, such as disenfranchised women.
• That even when the United States uses military power for dubious reasons, the ultimate result is political liberation and a higher standard of living.
No othernation can claim such a legacy. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America's true and proud history.
National Review
A welcome, refreshing, and solid contribution to relearning what we have forgotten and remembering why this nation is good, and worth defending.
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Larry Schweikart is a professor of history at the University of Dayton. Michael Allen is a professor of history at the University of Washington, Tacoma.
